Hey, Just a quick note to everyone who helped me out. Thanks for all the GREAT ideas and suggestions, they are greatly appreciated, especially richhotrain and BroadwayLion, those diagrams are FABULOUS!!! Thank you!!!
Here is a small video of my unfinished layout, hope you like it.
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Running trains are good, I liked that it ran very quiet & it shows the time you put into good track work, nice job! It runs very smoothly & you made a great accomplishment there, I’d be proud of that!
Good work, now enjoy running runnint those units!
Super layout, and very smooth running, but any Canadians watching must have had heart palpitations on seeing a Canadian National locomotive being persued by a Canadian Pacific caboose !
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OK, I’m dizzy now…
Whew, that’s better. Looks like a great start. Next stop: Structures!
If you have a layout that can make a Bachmann engine run like an Atlas model, you have done a really good job (trust me, Bachmann engines just don’t want to run right).
Layout looks nice!! One tip for the future would to get a tripod for the videocamera. Your camera probably came with software for editing clips together, it’s better to take a couple of shots from different angles (especially low angle shots) with the tripod and edit them together. Having the handheld camera whizzing around following the train can get a little dizzying.
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After reading this, it took awhile to get up the nerve to watch. However, did I, or did I not, see a C.P. Loco sitting in the middle of the layout? All may not be lost. You are off to a great start. However, you may want to remove the _C_rash _N_ightly Loco from your layout and use the C.P. Loco to ensure derailment free operation.[swg]
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OMG! I nearly pooped myself laughing! Yes you did see a CP loco, but sad to say, it’s not DCC, and nor will it ever be:( . I am trying to get an Athearn HO MP15AC w/DCC & Sound, CPR #1422. But as you can see it’s expensive. I also would like the HO MP15AC
Try these guys. You should be able to get 20% off, or wait for a sale. They’re just down the road from my house. It is not a retail outlet, mail order only. A big wear house full of train goodies. They let me in to drool when I like though.
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Looks like you are making great progress
One suggestion when doing a video cut your train speed way back
It gives the viewers a much better look at the layout